Artistic projects
The carpet as an object of beauty, a carrier of meaning and a means of directing attention towards human circumstances.
A body of work that brings humanitarian ideas into carpet design and uses the carpet as a means of responding to poverty. The works connect artistic expression with charitable action; proceeds have been directed towards charitable causes.
An avant-garde approach to the carpet that honours its weavers and draws attention to the difficult livelihoods of people who produce valuable objects. By presenting the carpet through the idea of incompletion, the works bring the human conditions surrounding its production into view.
Proceeds from these works have been directed towards improving the livelihoods of carpet weavers. The relationship between the value of the finished carpet and the economic circumstances of its makers is central to the project.
A carpet depicting a cigarette hangs from a wall. As it reaches the floor, the textile folds and crumples, recalling a cigarette being pressed into an ashtray. Its lower section is burned. The work addresses the negative effects of smoking on life and health through the damage inflicted on a valuable object.
The meeting of a familiar image and a traditional textile creates a direct visual tension. Beauty, craftsmanship and harm are encountered together, giving material form to the consequences of an everyday habit.